I know this is a somewhat common issue, but my implementation differs from the other posts. I'm using the most basic implementation which I can't get to work. I'm using Sequelize with MySQL as the database implementation.
resolvers.js
const resolvers = {
Query: {
async getStudent (root, { id }, { models }) {
return models.User.findByPk(id)
},
},
Mutation: {
async createUser (root, { name, email }, { models }) {
return models.User.create({
name,
email
})
},
},
}
schema.js
const { gql } = require('apollo-server-express');
const typeDefs = gql`
type User {
id: Int!
name: String!
email: String!
}
type Query {
getUser(id: Int!): User
getAllUsers: [User!]!
}
type Mutation {
createUser(name: String!, email: String!): User!
}`
module.exports = typeDefs;
User model
'use strict';
module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
const User = sequelize.define('User', {
name: DataTypes.STRING,
email: DataTypes.STRING
}, {});
User.associate = function(models) {
// associations can be defined here
};
return User;
};
Yet when running the following mutation:
mutation{ createUser(name:"Nate", email:"nate@test.com"){
id } }
I receive:
"errors": [
{
"message": "Cannot return null for non-nullable field Mutation.createUser.",
"locations": [
{
"line": 2,
"column": 3
}
],
"path": [
"createUser"
],
Best Answer
In my case it was because the createUser call was not asynchronous. Hopefully this helps someone: